Forrester Principal Analyst, Randy Heffner is currently conducting research on how enterprise architects should incorporate cloud computing into their organizations’ IT strategies and architectures. He is looking for enterprise architects to interview — architects that have experience with evaluating Cloud offerings, if not actually using them. In the research, Randy is considering three broad categories of cloud computing offerings: Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), and Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS).

Because the term “cloud computing” refers to quite diverse types of services and products, architects need to analyze and build multiple cloud strategies. Although there are potentially strong benefits, the costs, risks, and best usage scenarios are not necessarily clear. At minimum, adopting cloud-based offerings requires changes in IT’s planning, cost management, solution design, and production operations. To predict and manage the impact, architects must examine cloud options to determine the impact on their architecture plans and strategies. This report will analyze how interviewees see cloud computing’s effect on their organization’s:

In the first three quarters of 2009, I’ve had an increasing number of discussions with Forrester clients about the state of mobile development and what technologies they should be evaluating. These conversations usually start with the statement “mobility is a mess…” What I mean by that statement is that we’re in the midst of a sea change in the technology options that IT shops have at their disposal when it comes to building custom mobile applications. The frenetic pace of evolution makes mobile development one of the Top 15 Technology Trends and it warrants careful attention on the part of enterprise architects and application development professionals.By the end of 2010, you’ll have at least five distinct mobile applications architectures to choose from, including:

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